Kill and Sink

Kill

Kill verb - To deprive of life.

Sink and kill are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sink" instead a verb "Kill".

Nearby Words: killing, killed, killer

Sink

Sink verb - To become worse or of less value.

Kill and sink are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Kill" instead a verb "Sink".

Nearby Words: sinking, sinker

How words are described

high high kill high sink
single single kill single sink
powerful powerful kill powerful sink
actual actual kill actual sink
Other adjectives: real, big, potential, major, outright, next, literal.

Common collocations

life kill life sink life
people kill people sink people
time kill time sink time
way kill way sink way
Other words: target, times.

Both words in one sentence

  • In Donkey Kong 64, Dogadon eventually becomes one of these in his second appearance — take too long to kill it after it starts to make the platform sink, and eventually the lava will kill you.
  • Manhwa / Vagrant Soldier Ares Sink-or-Swim Mentor: Kiron is this seeing he forced Ares to take on and kill any challengers that wanted to kill Kiron.
  • Sink-or-Swim Mentor: Ben sics a zombie in Mickey room and locks the door, forcing his friend to kill his (first) zombie.
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